Horwell Hill
hill or mountain · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Horwell Hill likely refers to a hill near a spring or stream ('wella') associated with horses ('hors').
Word origins
- Hor
- Old EnglishAttestedhorse(from hors "horse")
- well
- Old EnglishAttestedspring, stream(from wella "spring, stream")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")